Quote Originally Posted by Mechalich View Post
That last one matters, since the only even close to reasonable explanation behind Claire's personality change is that she's gone into 'Aurelia Mode' since arriving in Cubetown. That's actually more plausible than most explanations for such a drastic shift in behavior, but the comic, through Marten, needs to call it out.
I don't believe for a minute that Jeph realizes he's done this. He has a long history of falling in love with an idea or character trait and welding it onto whichever character he most enjoys writing at that particular moment.

In this case, he enjoyed writing Aurelia's "mom energy". Aurelia is difficult to write into the story, so Claire magically gets it instead.

As to the whole "god librarian" thing....

Gunnerkrigg Court is currently going through a similar setup with Kat. She's the Angel of the robots. The difference is in how its handled. Kat got that moniker after some genuinely impressive achievements, with the implication that there was some mystical seeing what she becomes in the future tossed in. And as she's moved into that role, it has become more and more ominous. The story foreshadowed that she would become a Chosen One, has now made her into a Chosen One, and is now dealing with the implications. And this has taken over a decade real time to slowly build up to it.

There's no such justification with Claire. We have the word of a sentient jellyfish that she's somehow uniquely suited for the job. And that's all. She hasn't solved any problems since she arrived. Even the Liz situation is down to Marten bringing attention to her. And yet people are talking about her in worshipful tones and acting like she's a celebrity while she's been in Cubetown for less than a day.

It's such a cringey Creator's Pet move that it hurts. Claire was my favorite character for a while, but holy crap has her characterization fallen off a cliff.